CWA Local 7102 Meetings are 2nd Thursday of each month.
The August Local 7102 meeting will be held at the
United Steel Workers of America Local 310 Union Hall at
125 NW Broadway Ave., Des Moines
 As
you all are aware of 2008 is a CONTRACT YEAR (DAH).
In our continuing desire to keep each and everyone in the loop (COMMUNICATIONS) we are asking everyone, current members and RETIREES to contact us with their current telephone numbers and if you have QWEST voicemail - YOU MUST HAVE QWEST voice mail at YOUR HOME in order to receive the messages or your HOME E-mail address so we can send you updates on the e-mail system. If you would please send this information on to any CWA RETIREE it would also help us with the starting of our retiree volunteer network we need all the help we can muster as this is going to be wild year. They have as much to lose as we do. This information can be sent to jimperkey@cwa7102.org. Let me also state that this information is for IN HOUSE use only and will NOT be given out to anyone. REMEMBER IT'S NEVER TO EARLY TO PREPARE - so if you haven't started a strike fund better do so NOW. IT'S NEVER TO LATE UNTIL THE DATE! Jim Perkey, EVP Note: You can sign up online for the Email Mailinglist in the Contacts section. |
Collective Bargaining! What It Is? How Does It Work Download this flyer
Qwest
2008 Bargaining “What Does It
Look Like, What Can We Expect”
2008 bargaining for Qwest is coming up. One of the critical issues that CWA will be dealing with is the issue of Health Care benefits for both the active and retired (Post-90 retirees) and the challenges we face. The Qwest/CWA Joint Health and Wellness Advisory Committee have already started looking at solutions for Health Care for the 2008 round of bargaining. All of us have experienced the difficulties that bargaining Health Care at the table brings us. Each time we go to the bargaining table the number one economic topic is Health Care. With this presentation we hope to educate our members at Qwest what the costs related to the entire economic package will be in 2008.
GOALS:
~Educate CWA members on the difficulties of bargaining Health Care.
~Provide facts regarding Qwest’s 10 (k) report and its financial standing in relationship to today’s Health Care dilemma.
~Get Rank and File engaged not only in 2008 bargaining but CWA’s Strategic Industry Fund, “Health Care for All.”
~Help our members understand that the Health Care Crisis can not be fully resolved at any bargaining table. Noting that 2008 is not only a bargaining year but also a good time to elect a President that makes fixing Health Care a priority.
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Union Brothers and Sisters
First of all let me thank all of you for the privilege and honor to represent you. I have just attended the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO's 51st Annual Convention in Waterloo, Iowa.
WOW - What a GREAT opportunity to hear our own CWA President Larry Cohen and six of the Democratic Presidential Candidates, they were as follows:
Senator Christopher Dodd, Senator John Edwards, Senator Joe Bidden, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama, in that order.
We in labor, you and I, are in great hands with whomever gets the Democratic nomination. I know that with all the push that is going on you will get tired of hearing about politics but this is very important to us and everyone needs to get involved. As you all are aware next year is a VERY BIG year for Qwest employees with the CWA/Qwest contract and politically with taking back the White House. Our lives depend on both!! With both events the major issue is health care. We will be a causality if we don't get involved. I urge each and everyone of you to get involved politically and with your union. We need to get EVERYONE, active employees and most of all the retired members involved around all the matters pertaining to us, the middle class of Iowa and America.
We, the local will be putting more information out to you around the caucus, the retired members association and issues that affect all of us!!! You don't have to wait for more information get involved now while it's still fun, so you can look back and say I helped start a change!
Now
for you, that are retired or if you know someone who is, please go on line
and check this site out www.retiredamericans.org
Oh in case you were wondering why I'm pushing retiree involvement, as of
the 1st of August 2007 I became one! I'm still paying dues and working
for YOU, my brothers and sisters.
Jim Perkey Executive Vice President Local 7102
SO LET'S GET FIRED UP! CWA AND CWA RETIREE'S ARE ON THE MOVE!
2008
CWA Bargaining Committee
Mark Rocha has gathered the following info. on the team members.
MALACHY SREENAN
President of CW A
Local 7800
· Current Member
of the CW Qwest Bargaining Committee, 2004-Present
· Vice President,
Washington/North Idaho CWA Area Council
· Thorough knowledge
of the Qwest Contract through 2005 Bargaining, Grievance Handling, and
Member Representation
· Proven analytical
and teamwork skills, and ability to find and apply fair and common sense
solutions to workplace issues
· MBA, UNLV- 1995;
CW A Leadership School, 1st through 3rd years
· Experience bargaining
all CW A Local 7800 Non-Qwest Contracts
As President of CW A Local
7800, I represent over 1,700 members, in most Qwest job titles, including:
Net Techs, CDT's, CSS's
COT's, COEIT's, Supply Attendants Load Specialists, Assignment Consultants
Credit Consultants
Service Delivery Coordinators Customer Communications Technicians,
CTT's
Finance BRI
Kent C. Anderson
President CWA Local 7704
(801) 364-9361
1743 West North Temple Street
• Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
Objective
To participate in the labors
and accomplishments of the 2007 CWAlQwest Bargaining Committee
Qualifications and Collective
Bargaining Experience
ADT Contract July 2004 Prior
to bargaining CWA and the union members fought off a Decertification campaign.
After the Decertification vote bargaining commenced 30 days latter. Wages
were improved 2.5%, High Volume installers received an increase in the
hourly rate for vacation and holiday pay, an average of the last 12 months
commissions paid divided by the total hours worked. This was the first
ADT contract to have this improvement for High Volume. The bargaining committee
was Rick Sorensen CWA, myself and James Muirhead from the ADT Unit.
ADT Contract July 2006 This
contract was bargained in 1 % days. Wages were improved 2.5%, Contracting
of work and protection of seniority was improved. The company previous
could layoff up to seven years. It was reduced to four years. An hourly
rate was established for High Volume Stewards when meeting with the company.
Payroll deduction was added to the contract for United Way/Pediatric Aids
Foundation. This was the first ADT contract allowing this provision. The
bargaining committee was Joe Gosiger CWA, myself and James Muirhead from
the ADT Unit.
Newspaper Agency Corporation
2002-2004-{two years)
The NAC prints the Salt
Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News. The contract was completely re-written.
The company was represented by the anti-union law firm of King & Ballow,
Nashville Tennessee. The bargaining committee was Billy Austin CWA, myself
and Janet Lund from the NAC Unit.
Qwest Communications 1971-2001
(Retired)
Job Titles Held
Communications Workers of
America Local 7704
Lineman
Installer Repairman Test
Deskman Com. Serviceman Network Technician
Steward
Chief Steward By-Laws Committee
Election Committee Local President
SUZIE MILLER
President CWA Local 7777
303~781-87OQ x 15 (Office)
EEMPLOYMENT: Southwestern
Bell, Mountain Bell, US West. Qwest
Operator, Frame Attendant,
Estimate Assigner,. Saks Consultant, Assignment Consultant, Splicing &Installation.
CWA Local 7777
Steward, Area Representative,
Executive Board, Vice president, Organizer, Executive Vice President
Representation in the following
areas:
· SBG, Cons1J111tr
and Cart Centers
· Network and Customer
Data Technicians and CSS titles
· Central Offices
and COE Technitions
· LPC, LRAC, AIN,
Voice Messaging
· All titles
and positions within the Network Reliability and Operations Center
· IT/OCS ·
BRI · Finance · Designed Service Center · Health Cart
&. Benefit Denial Processes
· Execitive Work
Council · 2005 Qwest Bargaining
Ken Saether
President Local 7906 (3rd
Term)
Vice President, Oregon State
Labor Council
Qwest Executive Work Council
Member (2nd Term)
Rules and Resolutions Committee
Member 67th CWA National Convention
Chair, Rules and Resolutions
Committee 68th CWA National Convention
Highly respected within
the Union and Company
Endorsed by Oregon State
Labor Council
He has experience in bargaining
several contracts where healthcare and wages were the most important issues
to our members, and we prevailed in all cases.
ALTERNATE
Timothy M. Donovan
Work: 612-722-7200
tdonovan@cwa7200.org
Experience: Area Vice President,
CWA Local 7200
1. Elected to the position
of Area Vice President in November of 1999. Represented CSS's,CCT's,RSA's,DAOS's,
and Data Specialists.
2. Persevered for a 10%
increase in pension for 12 CCT's who took VSPP and they received the pension
increase. Re-elected in November of 2002 and November of 2005.
3. Currently representing
CSS's, CCT's, Data Specialists, Load Specialists, Retail Sales Associates,
and Senior Retail Sales Associates.
4. Successful in receiving
up to 40 hours priority personal time versus the 16 hours allowed by contract
language.
5. Attended PUC meetings
to preserve our members jobs versus the CLECs having an unfair advantage.
6. Politically active with
the AFL-C10 and the Central Labor Union Council (CLUC).
7. Legislative Committee
Delegate for Local 7200 in Washington D.C.
8. Instrumental in gathering
information to settle a grievance one month prior to arbitration. Member
was placed in a job that was previously awarded to a manager. Successful
in making the member whole!
9. Participated in and was
successful in the organizing of Cingular Call Centers in Bloomington, MN
and the Cingular Retail Stores in Minnesota.
10. Appointed Area Vice
President by Local President to represent the Cingular Call Centers in
Bloomington, MN and to mold the Labor-Management Relationship.
11. Successful in modifying
Cingular Attendance Policy in favor of our members through negotiations
with the centers Vice President and the Human Resources department.
12. Mentored the newly elected
Area Vice President for Cingular Call Centers to help make her successful.
I will continue to be there for her whenever she requests my assistance.
13. Duties for the groups
that I represent as an Area Vice President (AVP) include filing and meeting
on grievances at the 1st & 2nd steps. Negotiating local agreements,
internal policies, work schedules and slots for personal or vacation days.
Steward, CWA Local
7200 10/96-01/00
Elected Steward for the
Minnesota/Colorado Test Center. Represented DSO CCT's and Data Specialists.
Transferred to Interprise as a CSS and represented CSS's and RSA's in the
frame relay maintenance group.
Education: CWA Leadership
Training, Years 1, 2, & 3 BSBA (CUM LAUDE), Cardinal Stritch University
Technical Degree, Brown Institute
Activities: Building
Corp Member
CWA National Convention
Delegate 2002-2006
Legislative Committee
Member
Womans Committee Member
Retiree's Club Meeting 2nd Wed. of the month 11 AM at the hall (April-November)
Pres. Mary Jo Collins VP. Marilyn Wolfe Sec. Bev Simon Treas. Helen Walsh
See a letter From Annie Hill, Vice President: about the Retiree Local Chapters
See the CWA's Retired Members' Council web site.
The 2008 Retired Members'
Council Annual Meeting in Las Vegas set a record for the largest number
of attendees ever for such an event. Throughout the day, the 110 chapter
delegates, other retirees and guests representing nearly every district
and sector in the union heard from many CWA vice presidents who echoed
the theme of the Meeting – "We're In This Together" – in the fight for
retirement security, health care reform, the passage of the Employee Free
Choice Act, the election of larger majorities of worker/retiree-friendly
Members of Congress, and making Barack Obama America's first organizer
president.
In the late morning, President Larry Cohen, then Secretary-Treasurer Easterling and then-Executive Vice President Jeff Rechenbach spoke to the delegates and addressed their questions and concerns. President Cohen and Secretary-Treasurer Easterling were able to stay for the box lunch provided to the attendees by the Council, and continued to interact with the retirees.
In the afternoon, the group was given a special retiree-oriented slide show of CWA's campaign "Building a Political Movement" which focused on the twin problems of unions being under assault and the health care crisis. The assembly learned that the decline of union power has matched the decline in benefits, especially in health care. The solution is to pass legislation, the Employee Free Choice Act, to make it easier for workers to gain bargaining rights. Any health care reform proposals must include everyone, control costs, improve quality, have a strong government role and have broad-base tax financing. For more information, please visit http://www.healthcarevoices.org/.
Chapter members will be given the presentation at an upcoming chapter meeting. (For those who are not Chapter members, go to http://www.cwa-union.org/rmc/rmc/rmc-chapters and find one near you.)
Delegates were actively engaged in the business of the Council. By an overwhelming margin, the delegates voted to revive Journeys, the official publication of the Council, as an electronic newsletter. They requested that future Annual Meeting include workshops on relevant issues such as chapter-building. The Board readily agreed.
Delegates were given information regarding the upcoming elections for Council's Executive Board. Briefly stated, all 18 positions are open, self-nominations are made in September, ballots are mailed in October and counted in November. More details will be in the next issue of Journeys.
The 2009 Annual Meeting of
the Council will take place in Washington, DC in June. The exact date has
not yet been established, but will be publicized as soon as it is known.
CWA 7102 is also proud to represent the Police, Fire Dept,
Public Works, etc. in the City of Waukee.
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CITY OF WAUKEE: VP: Bill Daggett 208-2142 email billdaggett@cwa7102.org
Chief Steward Lee Perkins work 515 987 4363 cellular 515 707 5016 email leeperkins@cwa7102.org
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Visit the Waukee Public Safety web site.
City of Waukee Iowa Firemem's Asoc.
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